Life Before The Alien Magic

Terry VanDerMark, Jr.

A JJR Tolkien like epic featuring elves and dwarves and men, together with hideous frights in the decades before the rise of the Fell King, the Great War, and the introduction of the Dream Shards, items that make dreams come true

  1. 08/22/2021

    Episode one of book five, titled "A God, once Dead, now Transcendent'

    The great Dwarf King Ansil confronts a vicious god amidst the ruins of manmade Zorel. The king successfully slays the all-seeing serpent, isolating its tail, with its many eyes, which he immediately makes use of, revealing his traitor to be his own second-in-command, named Gredyl. The dwarf King buries the tail. Meanwhile, the dying god, never truly dying, plots his revenge. Cheron and Candide of the North Wood slay a village of elves to extort their secret taken from Arlot.

    24 min

  2. 08/05/2021

    The final episode of book four titled "The Captive of Arlot"

    Rapheh the scholar and Belphesor the soon-to-be Fell King become unlikely allies in the imminent Wizard War. Both decide to share the rule of the coming Abysine, with Rapheh's University owning the east and the wizard within Therestian governing the west.

    14 min

  3. 07/29/2021

    Episode nine of book four titled "The Captive of Arlot"

    Thokil the Younger befriends Batkin, the blood heir to the dwarven throne, but kills him when he fears for the continued well-being of all the dwarves. Wizard Belphesor fears for the health of his mother Tisiphone and recruits the scholar Rapheh to make her better, but she flees her son before he tells her of his plans for her throughout the Wizard War.

    23 min

  4. 07/21/2021

    Episode Eight of the book four titled "The Captive of Arlot."

    King Chase receives his army, the Wk Du, from young Vuillard. Lord Brokil of the Clevrilites is nearly slain by dwarf King Xendyl as both fight for control of Sturm. Thokil the Elder rescues Lord Brokil. Thokil the Younger gains the trust of the beggar boy Batkin, the true heir to the throne of Sturm.

    24 min

  5. 07/15/2021

    Episode seven of book four titled 'The Captive of Arlot'

    Candide and Cheron become trapped in Arlot, and very nearly lose their lives. But Pren-Hooke of the halfbreeds rescues them, for a price. The three lead their armies for the dwarven kingdom of Sturm. King Chase meets a mysterious boy on his way east, as he looks to build his army. The strange boy, Chase learns, at a very high cost, has become a King even greater than the prophecied leader of the Dragonbred.

    25 min

  6. 07/08/2021

    Episode Six of book four titled "The Captive of Arlot"

    Thokil the Elder is prepared to slay every member of the treacherous Royal Guard, including his own son, but most are spared once Gredyl intervenes. Thokil the Younger respects Gredyl and offers his services to the blind veteran and the King he intends to hand Sturm over to. But Thokil must prove his loyalty to the One King Ansil, to whom Gredyl intends to hand over Sturm. Thokil the Younger must find the boy Batkin and save him from harm. Meanwhile, Cheron and Candide enter empty Arlot for secrets, and intend on slaying the elves in their company to have that treasure revealed.

    27 min

  7. 06/24/2021

    Episode Five of book four titled 'The Captive of Arlot'

    Pindar and Poscoe, whose unborn son is the promised King of the Elves, are captured by Couvre and the pilgrims of village Bloody Tunic, seized for the cruel purposes of god Rigor. But a mysterious bald figure rescues the pair and liberates them. They flee, but the village succumbs to the armies of Rigor and his allies. Bertyl, the dwarf guilty of killing Trindayl the king of Sturm, fears there are traitors among his twelve lieutenants. Bertyl orders Thokil the Elder to interrogate each. Including his son Thokil the Younger.

    25 min

  8. 06/17/2021

    Episode four of book four titled "The Captive of Arlot"

    The halfbreed King Pren-Hooke confesses his culpability in participating in the murders of the people of Copperweal. The humans desert his army. The elves are complicit with the dwarves. Cheron leads his army into Arlot. Lord Brokil of the dwarven Clevrilites, boasts that King Ansil, the One King of the united nation of the dwarves, will rule again. According to him, the War of the Races is imminent. The elves Pindar and Poscoe conceive a son, an unheard of act among the elves. The boy is destined to become the King of the Elves. But a wizard is intent on slaying the unborn child.

    25 min
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A JJR Tolkien like epic featuring elves and dwarves and men, together with hideous frights in the decades before the rise of the Fell King, the Great War, and the introduction of the Dream Shards, items that make dreams come true

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  • Creator
    Terry VanDerMark, Jr.
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2021
  • Episodes
    33
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Terry VanDerMark, Jr.
  • Show Website
    Life Before The Alien Magic